Tuesday, July 24, 2007

600 French Jews to Arrive on Mass Aliyah Wednesday

A group of 600 Jews from France will be making Aliya (immigrate to Israel)on two chartered planes Wednesday, arriving at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.The two planes, one El Al and one Israir, will be taking off from Paris andMarseille. The mass Aliyah was coordinated by the French AMI organization,modeled after the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization’s Aliyah assistance, as well asthe Jewish Agency for Israel.This year has seen a ten percent increase in FrenchAliyah.

Yeah, this isn't news. Jews don't feel too loved in France. Remember Ilan Halimi?His kidnappers, torturers and killers said they didn't do it for anti-semitic motives. They said they did it because Jews are rich, and Ilan Halimi was Jewish.But no, that's not anti-semitism now, is it?

Why a Grouch?

The world does things and says things which make me grouchy. People are not coherent, people are not rational, people believe other stupid people. I am a person in need of a platform where I can express myself freely, without needing to fear that I seem unpolitically correct. I would like to keep my friends, so I avoid expressing all this in front of them. Though I seem grouchy, I actually am a nice person. I can even be taken out in public without biting people.